1946–47 BAA season

Teams

• Note: Team logos were not necessarily used by the teams on their jerseys.
• Any logo displaying offensive or racist images are only represented here for historical accuracy.

Notable events

• On November 1, 1946, in the inaugural game of the new league, the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Huskies 68–66 in front of 7,090 spectators at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Ossie Schectman scored the opening basket for the New York Knicks against Toronto. In 1949, the BAA helped create the National Basketball Association by merger, and Schectman's shot may be considered the first basket in NBA history. The NBA recognizes the three BAA seasons as part of its own history, sometimes without comment.

Final standings

Playoffs

Main article: 1947 BAA playoffs

There were no byes. Western and Eastern champions Chicago and Washington immediately played a long semifinal series with Washington having home-court advantage. Chicago won the sixth game in Washington one day before Philadelphia concluded its two short series with other runners-up. "1946–47 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-02-28. Select "Next Season" from the heading for 1947–48, and so on. Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on.

Statistics leaders

Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.

BAA awards

• All-BAA First Team
  • G Max Zaslofsky, Chicago Stags
  • F Bones McKinney, Washington Capitols
  • F Joe Fulks, Philadelphia Warriors
  • C Stan Miasek, Detroit Falcons
  • F Bob Feerick, Washington Capitols
• All-BAA Second Team
  • G John Logan, St. Louis Bombers
  • G Ernie Calverley, Providence Steamrollers
  • C Chick Halbert, Chicago Stags
  • G Frankie Baumholtz, Cleveland Rebels
  • G Fred Scolari, Washington Capitols

Notes

The 1947 BAA Playoffs did not generate Eastern and Western champions and runners-up, as NBA Playoffs have done from 1951 to present. Eastern and Western leaders, or perhaps champions, Washington and Chicago played off to determine one finalist while four runners-up played off to determine the other finalist. The listed teams were BAA playoff finalists and semifinalists, as Eastern and Western champions and runners-up in the NBA have been playoff finalists and semifinalists from 1951 to present.

References

External references

• This book is dedicated to detailing the 1946–47 season out, including the first meeting that the BAA had when establishing operations, the trials and tribulations each team had during their first season of operations, and what caused commissioner Maurice Podoloff to claim this season was a good one publicly at the time, only to later admit that it was a complete failure to the point where desperate changes had to be made for the league to survive years later.

References

1. (November 16, 2009). "NBA is born".
2. (July 24, 2019). "NBA Season Recaps: 1946–2019".
3. For instance: [http://www.thefirstbasket.com/story.html "Do you know who scored THE FIRST BASKET in the NBA?"] {{Webarchive. link. (2003-06-25 . The First Basket: A Jewish Basketball Documentary (thefirstbasket.com). Retrieved 2015-03-04.)
4. Goldaper, Sam. "The First Game".
5. "First NBA Game in NBA history".